Bills in the 2026–2027 Session, General Assembly.
John V. Azzariti Jr. M.D.
Sponsored
In committee74
Excludes bonuses for reenlistment or voluntary extension of enlistment in armed forces from gross income.
Establishing veterans' affordable housing preference; authorizing bonus fair share credit for veterans' affordable housing.
Eliminates statute of limitations for prosecution of human trafficking crimes.
Establishes process to exempt municipality from certain fair share affordable housing obligations based on flood risk.
Provides tuition-free credits to certain institutions of higher education for certain law enforcement officers and firefighters and their spouses and dependents.
Requires public employers that offer deferred compensation retirement plans to also offer Roth contribution option.
Requires public utilities to provide customers notice of request for increase in rates; revises requirements related to hearings on proposed rate increases.
Requires DOE to develop model policies for ensuring parental notification of sexually explicit content in curriculum; requires board of education to provide parental notification of sexually explicit content in curriculum.
Establishes the "Homeschool Parent's Bill of Rights."
Provides research and development tax credit under gross income tax.
Exempts certain surviving spouses and surviving civil union partners of certain disabled veterans from components of the realty transfer fee.
Provides a corporation business tax credit for investment in certain manufacturing equipment, facility renovation, modernization, and expansion.
"Innovate New Jersey Act"; establishes tax-free business incubators at institutions of higher education.
Prohibits insurers from raising medical malpractice liability insurance premiums under certain circumstances.
Regulates the authority of the court to make provision for the educational expenses of an unemancipated child in certain instances involving child support.
Prohibits downcoding in health insurance claims.
Directs Attorney General to provide annual training to public and nonpublic school students and staff on roles and responsibilities before, during, and after school emergencies.
Requires school districts to institute policies to improve emergency communications to increase school security.
Requires State Police to maintain 24-hour hotline for receiving anonymous tips regarding potential threats to school safety and security.
Requires school district to submit emergency communication policies and protocols to Department of Education for review.
Requires DOE to establish online school security resource clearinghouse.
Requires Police Training Commission to adopt training course on school emergency response.
Requires Commissioner of Education to review school safety and security plans.
Permits school districts to employ safe schools resource officers or Class Three special law enforcement officers for security purposes, and requires school districts to have agreement with local law enforcement governing placement of school security personnel.
Provides for Medicaid coverage of certain home blood pressure monitors and cuffs for pregnant persons at risk for preeclampsia.
Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention for child sexual abuse and child endangerment.
Prohibits pre-approval or precertification of medical tests, procedures and prescription drugs covered under health benefits or prescription drug benefits plans.
Eliminates presumption of pretrial release for defendants charged with repeat home invasion offenses.
Allows municipalities to establish affordable housing preference for their residents.
Provides electric public utility customers' right to decline installation of smart meter under certain circumstances.
Extends membership in TPAF to four years after discontinuance of service and to 20 years for those who were laid off or had 10 or more years of continuous service upon voluntary termination.
Upgrades simple assault to aggravated assault when committed against registered security officer.
Establishes annual cost of living adjustment, based on Consumer Price Index, to base Medicaid per diem rates for assisted living programs; makes appropriation.
Requires parents and guardians be provided access to medical records of minor patients; provides immunity to health care facilities and professionals that provide access to records.
Provides gross income tax deduction for certain moving expenses for taxpayer moving to New Jersey to commence work in State.
Exempts personal identifying information of minor from disclosure in public record; requires information to be redacted.
Requires DCA to collect information about State residents seeking affordable housing in State and provide that information to COAH or successor.
Requires medical providers report certain burn injuries to fire enforcement official.
Concerns recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters; appropriates $2 million.
"Max's Law"; requires school districts to provide instruction on dangers of fentanyl and xylazine.
Directs DCA to establish online database of affordable housing settlement agreements and other declaratory judgment actions.
Enhances "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights"; prohibits defendant from entering crime victim's home throughout criminal justice process, including in relation to any investigation or discovery.
Establishes program in New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing for support of residency programs at veterans' memorial homes in New Jersey; appropriates $500,000.
Regulates residential mental health treatment facilities.
Requires New Jersey licensure of physicians, dentists, and other health professionals serving as expert witnesses in malpractice cases; requires dentists serving as expert witnesses to comply with certain requirements for expert testimony.
Prohibits collecting of certain costs associated with offshore wind projects from ratepayers.
Requires hospitals and nursing homes to provide access to certain interpreter services for deaf and hard of hearing.
Concerns justified use of force and deadly force.
Prohibits application, implementation, or enforcement of policies and rules established by international organizations in this State.
Modifies requirements for operation of certain food and service stands in State, county, and municipal buildings, grounds, and premises.
"Protecting Students from Obscene Material in School Libraries Act."
Requires DOE to establish program for coaches of school district and nonpublic school athletic activities to obtain certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Permits party member, candidate, or designee to be present for ballot position draw and inspect materials used for drawing; requires officials conducting ballot draw to provide notice of date, time, and location of drawing.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $75,000 to Human Trafficking Survivor's Assistance Fund.
Increases threshold for imposition of certain fees and taxes on certain real property transfers from $1 million to $1.5 million, subject to annual adjustment based on Consumer Price Index.
Permits driving schools to use vehicles owned by driving instructors.
Establishes professional licensure and certification for tobacco treatment counseling.
Requires certain NJ FamilyCare providers to provide information to, and obtain consent form from, parent or guardian of child that provider is prescribing antipsychotic drug.
Establishes education requirements for certain officers of State Board of Medical Examiners.
Prohibits health insurance carriers from placing time limit on anesthesia services used for medical or surgical procedures.
Repeals law prohibiting sale or distribution of single-use plastic carryout bags, single-use paper carryout bags, polystyrene foam food service products, and single-use plastic straws.
Adjusts price threshold for titling fee for new luxury vehicles.
Makes various revisions to law pertaining to electronic medical records and recording certain minor patients' demographic information.
"Closing the Segregated Housing Loophole Act"; prohibits segregation in affordable housing inclusionary developments.
Requires Medicaid coverage for assisted living services for individuals with serious mental illnesses.
Allows certain motor vehicle franchisors to sell, lease, or assign vehicles to employees.
"New Jersey Impact Fee Act"; concerns municipal authority to impose impact fee for development of real property.
"Gary Letizia Pre-Hospital Blood Transfusion Act"; authorizes advanced life support providers, under medical oversight, to administer blood products to patients in pre-hospital settings, and establishes certain reimbursement for such providers.
Concerns lung cancer screening awareness and access.
Requires hotels to establish telecommunications system that connects callers directly to NJ Human Trafficking Hotline; requires hotel employees to report human trafficking alerts to law enforcement.
Requires hotels, motels, rooming, and boarding houses, and similar lodging businesses, to check valid government-issued identification at check-in.
Eliminates automatic voter registration, restores "opt-in" voter registration process, and requires proof of citizenship for voter registration at MVC.
Requires resolution, ordinance, or other formal action authorizing acquisition of real property by eminent domain to state intended public use.
Prohibits health insurance carriers from assessing administrative fees or penalties on in-network health care facilities for providing inadvertent out-of-network services.
Co-sponsored
Out of committee · 6
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening. *
"Stop Sepsis Act"; requires hospitals to establish sepsis recognition and treatment protocols, train staff, and establish quality measures.*
Establishes State stockpile of medicine and medical supplies; makes appropriation.
Establishes legislative internship program.
Prohibits use of "Nurse" title by unlicensed person.
Increases personal needs allowance to $140 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
In committee · 137
Increases degree of crime for unlawful taking of motor vehicle.
Upgrades burglary of a residence to a crime of the second degree; requires mandatory period of parole ineligibility if residence was occupied at time of offense.
Requires automatic recount for local elections with vote difference of 10 votes or less at candidate's request; provides for geographic regions for judges to adjudicate election recounts and contests; establishes certain adjudication and hearing timelines.
Establishes Special Education Transportation Task Force.
Requires DOH to establish guidelines for placement of bleeding control kits in State buildings; requires schools to acquire bleeding control kits.
Requires school bus personnel members working with students with disabilities to call 911 emergency line in potential life-threatening emergencies; requires school buses transporting students with disabilities to be equipped with certain safety features.
Provides gross income tax deduction for certain wages of qualified health care professionals employed by health care entities.
Requires portable anti-choking devices be placed in schools.
Requires AG to create voting fraud task force.
Establishes expedited ejectment proceeding to remove certain unauthorized real property occupants.
Permits excused absence for student enlisted or planning to enlist in Armed Forces of United States or National Guard.
Imposes criminal penalties for harboring aliens who have outstanding warrants and are unlawfully present in U.S.
Criminalizes unlawful occupancy of dwellings.
Requires school districts to include information on events of September 11, 2001 as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies; requires public schools to hold annual events commemorating September 11, 2001.
Increases penalties for human trafficking of children.
Creates offense of tracking for unlawful purpose; imposes enhanced penalties.
Establishes "COVID-19 Learning Loss Study Commission."
Prohibits institutions of higher education from requiring students to receive COVID-19 vaccination.
Creates "New Jersey Anti-Semitism Task Force".
Establishes NJ Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council.
Establishes New Jersey Human Trafficking Criminal Registry; requires establishment of educational curricula related to human trafficking.
Provides for filing extension and alternate medical documentation in PFRS, SPRS, or PERS for accidental disability retirement in certain circumstances; extends accidental death benefit for survivors of certain SPRS retirees.
Provides for agreement between Secretary of State and AOC to match information in Statewide voter registration system with certain jury records in order to identify and remove ineligible non-citizen voter registrants from system.
Creates offense of making false child abuse report; permits assessment of penalty.
Establishes "Affordable Housing Obligation Study Commission."
Eliminates Treasurer's authority to annually adjust petroleum products gross receipts tax.
Requires long-term care facilities to stock and provide COVID-19 antiviral treatments to residents.
Repeals law that prohibits certain establishments from providing or selling various single-use products to customers.
Requires DEP and owners of certain reservoirs to implement certain flood control measures; authorizes Office of Emergency Management to order lowering of reservoirs levels in response to severe weather events.
Establishes "New Jersey Pandemic Bill of Rights for the Welfare of the People."
Extends closing time of polling places by one hour.
Provides access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters through SHBP physicians and other providers.
Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt policies of cooperation with federal immigration officials.
Reduces tax rate by 50 percent on sales and use of used motor vehicles.
Directs DEP to use funds from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination settlement with 3M Company for purchase of equipment to remediate perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination.
Increases threshold from $1 million to $2 million for imposition of certain fees and taxes on certain real property transfers.
Exempts retail sales of used motor vehicles from New Jersey sales and use tax.
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.
Establishes crime of doxxing.
Reschedules June 2025 primary election date; provides for adjustment of date on which primary elections will be held if date coincides with period of religious observance.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for cost of exemption.
Requires registered voters to present photo ID when voting at polling place.
"Fairness in Women's Sports Act."
Permits any member of PERS to receive accidental disability retirement allowance for disability resulting from participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations.
Enacts "Anthony Maruca's Law"; requires law enforcement officers to carry epinephrine.
Increases daily compensation for election workers and increases additional compensation rate for election workers managing signature copy registers.
Requires enhanced reporting by independent expenditure committees; extends statute of limitations for campaign finance violations; exempts reports filed with Election Law Enforcement Commission from certain document redaction requirements.
Repeals law that requires diversity and inclusion instruction for public school students in grades kindergarten through 12.
"New Jersey Laken Riley Act;" establishes law enforcement procedures for arrests of aliens unlawfully present in the U.S. charged with certain crimes.
Revises Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Aid program; requires all energy taxes to be paid directly to municipalities.
Requires registered voters to present identification when voting at polling place.
Prohibits discrimination against individuals who have not received COVID-19 vaccine.
"Right to Mental Health for Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Act"; establishes certain requirements concerning provision of mental health services to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Requires testing for infectious disease for certain persons who have been administered opioid antidote by first responder.
Requires additional credit against fair share obligation for abandoned property converted to affordable housing.
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for certain retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school supplies, school art supplies, and school instructional materials.
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.
Requires certain commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with certain global positioning systems.
Requires MVC to issue blue envelopes that hold documents required to operate motor vehicle to persons diagnosed with autism.
"Fully Funding Schools and Cutting Property Taxes Act"; repeals certain sections of law; requires additional aid to lower property taxes commensurate with residents' ability to support schools; appropriates $2.9 billion.
Permits corrections officers, firefighters, and police officers to administer epinephrine auto-injector device.
Requires local government notification of sex offender registration and prohibits sex offenders from living near schools, child care centers or playgrounds.
Allows exclusion of certain small business income from taxation under gross income tax and corporation business tax.
Allows expectant mothers in third trimester to receive temporary parking privileges.
Excludes contributions made to certain retirement savings plans under gross income tax.
Permits application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained after January 2003 while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Prohibits flags of designated terrorist organizations from being displayed or flown on State property.
Prohibits institution of higher education which boycotts or divests from Israel-supporting or Israeli businesses from receiving State funds.
Prohibits institution of higher education from establishing scholarship fund or student assistance program limited to students who are citizens or permanent residents of country or territory controlled by terrorist organization.
Establishes license to allow wineries that produce more than 250,000 gallons per year to directly ship wine to consumers.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Requires AG to repeal law enforcement directive restricting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Requires green building standards and impact studies for carbon, traffic, storm water, and schools for certain affordable housing development.
Prohibits health care professionals from providing gender-affirming health care services to persons under 21 years of age.
Requires governing board of public school to verify employment eligibility of teaching staff members and school employees.
Sets flat gross income tax rate at 5.9 percent tax for all taxable income over $37,500 or $75,000, depending on filing status; exempts taxpayers with less income from gross income tax.
Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
Establishes certain protections for health care professionals who receive behavioral health care and apply for State licensure.
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Establishes "Remote Methadone Dosing Pilot Program;" appropriates $225,000.
Requires Pretrial Services to recommend pretrial detention of certain repeat offenders.
"Stop Antisemitism on College Campuses Act"; prohibits distribution of State aid to an institution of higher education that authorizes, funds, or supports antisemitic events or organizations or fails to punish acts of antisemitism on campus.
Exempts volunteer fire companies from paying annual charitable registration fee.
Makes supplemental appropriation of up to $10 million to DOT for construction of highway guard rail along entirety of Route 208 through Franklin Lakes, Wyckoff, Hawthorne, Glen Rock, Fair Lawn, and Oakland in sections without highway guard rail, where necessary to ensure health and safety of motorists and residents whose properties abut Route 208.
Exempts protective face coverings from sales and use tax.
Establishes Volunteer Emergency Responder Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Establishes "Parents Bill of Rights Act"; prohibits school district from interfering with fundamental right of parent or guardian to engage in and direct student's education; permits opt-out of school district curriculum.
Prohibits mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 as condition of attending public K-12 schools.
Adds Bergen County as pilot county for purposes of "Common Sense Shared Services Pilot Program Act."
Makes supplemental appropriation of $12 million to Village of Ridgewood for drinking water infrastructure improvements related to per- and poly-fluoralkyl substance pollution.
Requires certain preliminary approval by municipality prior to licensure of community group homes.
Decreases sales and use tax rate from 6.625 to 6 percent.
Eliminates the corporate transit fee.
Requires certain group homes to install electronic monitoring devices in common areas, upon request and with uniform resident consent.
"Radical Regimes Education Act"; requires age-appropriate instruction on certain governmental regimes in grades nine through 12.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $2,000 gross income tax exemption.
Prohibits certain electric public utility rate increases and requires certain protections for ratepayers.
Increases PFRS accidental disability and accidental death pension when disability or death is caused by weapon.
Directs State Board of Education to rescind New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education and directs boards of education to establish Parental Advisory Committees and adopt standards for health instruction.
Exempts purchases of natural gas and electricity for residential customers from sales and use tax.
Establishes presumption of joint legal and physical custody in child custody matters.
Directs AG to enter into agreement with U.S. Attorney General to empower certain corrections officers to investigate immigration status of inmates.
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
"The New Jersey Healthcare Choice Act"; permits health insurers licensed in other states to provide coverage in New Jersey under certain circumstances.
"Medical Philanthropy Act"; provides physicians who provide uncompensated care with $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages in actions alleging medical malpractice.
Caps noneconomic damages in medical malpractice actions at $250,000.
Requires students to pass test identical to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services civics test as part of high school graduation requirements.
Requires Superintendent of State Police to publish cannabis-related fatal motor vehicle crash statistics.
Requires entities to verify age of persons accessing certain online material and prohibits minors from accessing certain online material.
Requires appointment of State Dementia Services Coordinator; appropriates $150,000.
Excludes environmentally sensitive and flood-prone land from designation as vacant or available for purposes of affordable housing construction.
Requires MVC to issue one license plate instead of two.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA create program for veterans to receive evaluation and treatment for PTSD and total brain injury.
Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention of defendant charged with aggravated assault of law enforcement officer.
Requires DEP to designate municipalities with critical headwaters as headwater guardians.
Permits member of New Jersey National Guard to transfer 50 percent of certain tuition benefit to dependent child or 100 percent of certain tuition benefit to spouse.
Establishes "Justice for Vulnerable Residents Act"; creates Justice Center for the Protection of Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities.
"Fair Funding for Vulnerable Residents Act"; establishes direct care ratio requirement for certain providers of services to adults or children with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Permits excused absence for students participating in college visits, visits to postsecondary technical institutions, and military recruitment-related activities.
Establishes Civil Air Patrol Fund to be supported by annual appropriations of $100,000; appropriates $100,000.
Requires State agencies to periodically review administrative rules and regulations to ensure continued efficacy.
Concerns documents, driver's licenses, and non-driver identification cards issued by MVC.
Requires school bus personnel members to call 911 emergency line in potential life-threatening emergencies; requires certain school buses transportating students with disabilities to be equipped with certain safety features; makes appropriation.
Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues provided to New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research to $10 million; establishes dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund.
Requires State reimbursement to municipalities of cost of disabled veterans' total property tax exemption; increases amount of State reimbursement to municipalities for amount of veterans' property tax deduction.
Clarifies that amateur sports official is independent contractor for purposes of State employment laws.
Appropriates funds to support increases in tax levy resulting from health care costs in certain school districts.
Requires State to participate in federal tax credit scholarship program and directs Commissioner of Education to provide required information to U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
Prohibits the imposition of affordable housing need and related fees upon the local transfer or move of a business.
Withdraws New Jersey's participation in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Establishes "New Jersey Right to Try for Individualized Treatments Act."
Concerns consumer-regulated electric utilities.
"Election Integrity Through Drop Box and Canvassing Security Act"; requires video surveillance and recording of mail-in ballot drop boxes and counting of voted mail-in ballots.
"Election Integrity Through Sensible Ballot Counting Act"; requires mail-in ballots to be received by 8 p.m. on day of election to be canvassed.
Requires certain practices for maintenance of Statewide voter registration system.
Establishes visual standards for certain kinds of identification issued to noncitizens; requires registered voters to present identification when voting at polling place.
Filed · 1
Requires parents or guardians of students to submit dental health certificate.